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The student news site of North Forsyth High SchoolSat, 23 Sep 2017 17:43:17 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2Bassett Hits the Big Time: 2017 Teacher of the Yearhttps://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/19/bassett-hits-the-big-time-2017-teacher-of-the-year/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/19/bassett-hits-the-big-time-2017-teacher-of-the-year/#respondTue, 19 Sep 2017 19:36:25 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10430On Sept. 5, Ninth grade English teacher James Bassett was announced as 2017 North Forsyth High School teacher of the year. It is an honor that came as a surprise to none of his former students; eyewitnesses from Mrs. Transue’s 10th grade English class, next door to Bassett, can confirm that the room erupted into cheers and applause when the announcement was made.

Bassett has taught in Forsyth County Schools for 17 years, 10 of those at NFHS as an English teacher. He currently teachers Honors English 9. Regarding the award, he stated that he was “very grateful” and “humbled to have been chosen from such a large group of great teachers.”

Former Bassett student, sophomore Jack Ritacco, described Bassett as “one of the most iconic persons of this generation,” saying that “the exceptional quality of his teaching style and his devotion to his students’ well-being makes [him] question why he didn’t win the award sooner.”

Winning NFHS Teacher of the Year means that Bassett will move on to be compared with the best teachers across the county and represent the Raiders. We wish him the best of luck!

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/19/bassett-hits-the-big-time-2017-teacher-of-the-year/feed/0What Should You Wear for Spirit Week?https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/18/what-should-you-wear-for-spirit-week/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/18/what-should-you-wear-for-spirit-week/#respondMon, 18 Sep 2017 19:07:45 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10427One of the most exciting weeks of every student’s high school career is here: homecoming spirit week. Every year, NFHS hosts a week where students can dress up as a certain theme as a way to excite students for the upcoming game. Although, many students dress up and go all out, some people are unsure of what they should wear on each day. This year, the Spiritweek days fall on Sept. 18 through Sept. 22 with the big game against Woodstock High School. However, the most important question is what should you be wearing on each day?

Monday, Sept. 18 is going to be Twin Day. To accomplish this theme, pair up with a friend and decide what to dress up as. One idea would be to dress up as salt and pepper. This idea can go well for both girls and boys, and is very easy to put together. One friend should wear a white shirt ($3.96 at Walmart) and use a black sharpie to draw the letter ‘S’ across the front of the shirt. You can wear a grey hat or beanie (as long as the teacher is okay with it) and wear black leggings or pants. The other friend should wear a black shirt ($3.96 at Walmart) and use a silver sharpie to draw a letter ‘P’ across the front of the shirt. Again, wear a grey hat to represent the top of the shaker and black leggings or pants. And just like that, for a total of $7.92 for the both of you, you can accomplish an easy twin day outfit.

Tuesday, Sept. 19 is going to be Rock and Roll Day. This costume can be made up of clothings items you already have at home. For a shirt, a flannel that is either black or red over a white t-shirt or any band shirt would work. If you do not have a flannel, you can purchase one for $8.00 at Walmart. Wear black jeans or leggings and black shoes; either combat boots or black high-top converse will make for a good choice. Lastly, you can wear a red or black bandana to complete the rock and roll look. A bandana is only $4.94 at Walmart, and black jeans cost around $12.00. In total, this outfit will cost at most $24.94.

Wednesday, Sept. 20 will be Sports day. This day will be a cheap and easy day for most students to accomplish. If you have a jersey, you are already set to be supporting homecoming spirit week. If not, they can be found at Walmart for around $15. You can also use black paint to emulate football player’s two lines across their cheeks, and even baseball caps (again, as long as it is ok with your teachers). All in all, this outfit should cost at most $15 dollars.

Thursday, Sept. 21 will be Superhero day. To dress up as Superman, you should first buy a blue shirt with the Superman logo. This type of shirt can be found at Walmart for around $13.76. Next, you should wear a red cape, which is sold at Party City for $6.99. Top off the look with either black leggings or athletic shorts and shoes of your choice. Additionally, Superman socks with capes attached are sold at Party City for just $5.99. All in all, this costume should cost at most $26.74, but it can be adjusted depending on what you want to wear and what you already have.

The last day, Friday, Sept. 22 will be Rowdy Raider day. This is a day to go all out in school colors and spirit wear for NFHS. For a shirt, the school store sells some with prices ranging between $15 and $25. You can wear purple or black athletic shorts and some black, purple, and silver beads. The bead necklaces are sold at Party City for around $1 each. This day is really up to your imagination and is relative to how rowdy you want to dress up. All in all, this costume should cost at most $30.

Homecoming Spirit week is a great way to support the football team as they prepare to win against Woodstock on Friday. It is completely free to dress up for each day, but it is still important to abide by dress code rules. However, it is most important to have fun and be creative with each costume!

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/18/what-should-you-wear-for-spirit-week/feed/0Former NFMS Teacher McCall Hoyle Releases Debut Novelhttps://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/08/former-nfms-teacher-mccall-hoyle-releases-debut-novel/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/08/former-nfms-teacher-mccall-hoyle-releases-debut-novel/#respondFri, 08 Sep 2017 19:30:52 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10424McCall Hoyle, a teacher at Chestatee High School and past teacher at North Forsyth Middle School, released her debut novel The Thing with Feathers Tuesday, Sept. 5. Her launch party took place in Athens at Avid Bookshop where she talked about her book’s story and afterwards met fans whose books she signed. She also had an event Sept. 7 at Chestatee High School.

The Thing with Feathers is about a girl, Emilie Day, who switches from being home-schooled to going to public school and is paired up with the starting point guard, Chatham York, for a research project on Emily Dickinson. However, she has not told other students, or anyone, that she has epilepsy. She fears she will seize at school, and she must choose safety at home or choose to follow the words of a dead poet.

Hoyle also presented her book at Decatur Book Festival Sunday, Sept. 3, where she was on a panel with Joanne O’ Sullivan (author of Between Two Skies). Although the book was released Tuesday, readers could purchase it a few days early at this event.

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/08/former-nfms-teacher-mccall-hoyle-releases-debut-novel/feed/0Do you Live to Give?https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/08/do-you-live-to-give/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/08/do-you-live-to-give/#respondFri, 08 Sep 2017 19:26:56 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10421Live to Give, a brand new club at North Forsyth High School, was started up this 2017-2018 school year by Mrs. Dykes who is the official sponsor. This club is a charity organization which will be acting as an umbrella over the other charity- based clubs in the school such as Simple Charity, Key Club and Y- Club. Mrs. Dykes, who is the official sponsor of this organization said, ¨We can make this whatever we want it to be, we can have quite an impact on our community and any ideas are very much valued.¨

The plan for the club is that a representative from each service club in the school will be involved with Live to Give so that they will all have better connection to the central donation based service. These representatives will be called Club Ambassadors; ¨Ultimately the goal is to care for our community,¨ says Dykes.

Upcoming, the organization’s first donation drive will begin on Tuesday, September 12 for the homecoming parade and there was speculation at the first meeting about competition between the grades for the most donated items for this drive. The winning grade will receive a prize which at the moment is unknown to the students. Throughout the club, it is planned to have different committees. A few will be a new- student welcoming group, student birthday recognition group that will be sending birthday cards made by the engineering class on campus, a sunshine committee to raise the spirits of students who are out sick/ having a family crisis for an extended period of time, Elementary school buddies and an attitude of gratitude for teachers, custodians and administrators.

Club member, Azilee Richardson says, ¨I think Live to Give is a great way to get clubs to reach out to the community together¨

Overall, Live to give´s goal is to better our community, state and even nation. Raider Nation has high hopes for this club to branch out to Elementary and Middle Schools so students may be involved throughout their schooling career.

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/09/08/do-you-live-to-give/feed/0Trivialhttps://nfhsraiderwire.com/literature/2017/05/19/trivial/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/literature/2017/05/19/trivial/#respondFri, 19 May 2017 19:09:16 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10350Jerry was a fidgety man with a face that made people nervous to look at–not because it was intimidating by any means, but because of a characteristic twitching of the corner of his mouth at odd intervals. He was short and balding, although with the amount of time he spent fixing his hair each morning, it seemed unlikely he was aware of that particular fact.

It was late January–a miserable month–and Jerry sat at the edge of a faded corduroy couch, watching pictures flick past on a small television set in the corner of the dingy room. The lights were all off, but occasionally the screen illuminated the chipping olive green of the walls or the empty cans littering the floors. Jerry’s nervous face, too, was cast in the odd flickering shadows wrought by the T.V., occasionally revealing the messy stubble and reddened cheeks, occasionally allowing darkness to fall thankfully over the twitching countenance.

On the T.V., a news anchor droned about the forest fires raging in the northwest, about a bank robbery in Dallas, about the gruesome murder of a local politician and other such trivial things. He wore a blue tie and a pained expression, though less from the content of what he said as from his difficulty in reading the tiny letters on the prompter screen.

Jerry frowned, cleared his throat several times, and continued to watch as the screen switched over to commercials. A knock at the door shook him from his stupor in front of the television, and as he stood, scraping his feet slowly along the floor, several bottles clinked in protest.

“Who is it?” he called gruffly.

No one answered.

“Blasted ruffians, knocking on the door with no good sense of time or place… Only ever thinking of themselves, they do, and here I am jest minding my own business when they knock but don’t have the sense to answer. ‘Who is it? Who is it?’ So hard to speak, it it? If I was younger–”

His grumbling came to a stuttering halt upon opening the door. A man stood on the step, as clichély dressed as he could be, with hair slicked back to the point of greasiness, wearing black suit and red tie and sunglasses, despite the telling lack of sun. Jerry shook his head and resumed grousing.

“Now I told ya not to get ‘ere afore I called, and I can tell ya I ain’t called yet, so how’s it that you’re ‘ere?”

The man said nothing, only shouldering against Jerry to allow himself better entrance into the room.

With the man’s frame out of the narrow doorway, Jerry was able to make out the flashing blue and red of the police cars sitting outside his drive. He whirled around and, in the confidant manner of the ignorant, began shouting at the man in the suit.

“What you mean to be bringin’ them ‘ere like this? Now I can tell ya that I ain’t signed up for no foolishness, and if you’re funning wit me I ain’t gonna stand for it! I know my rights, ya know!”

The man continued to look calmly about him. Finally, at the point when his counterpart’s jaw had begun to twitch almost uncontrollably in anger, he stepped gingerly over some dented cans and addressed Jerry coolly.

“Mr. Brax,” he stated, forming the words as if they left a bitter taste as he spoke them, “I am afraid that your services have become… Unnecessary, shall we say? My employers have decided that your mouth is too great a liability. I have been sent here to dispose of it.”

“Dispose? What you talkin’ bout, dispose? You cain’t take my mouth wit ya and leave, now can ya? Dispose, you rotten no-good doggone swindler! Dispose!”

The man nodded. He pulled something from beneath his jacket and ran his fingers along its smooth surface. The television, which had for some minutes been drowned in the chaos of arrival and argument, now spoke over the silence which had fallen.

“And we have breaking news tonight, folks,” the earlier announcer said. His face had not altered from its previous uncomfortable expression, though he did lean forward slightly in anticipation of what he was about to speak. “This just in, a man named Jerry Brax, suspected of crimes against the Republic including attempted murder of our Chief, was involved in a shoot-out earlier this afternoon when police went to his house for questioning. Brax was killed in the skirmish following his violent refusal to go with the police. More on that later. And now, the weather.”

Jerry coughed, confused, and moved to glare at the man who had come to stand beside him. “What’s this about shootouts and whatnot? I ain’t been in no shootout! I ain’t dead!”

Without turning his gaze from the television screen, the man laughed coldly. He bit back, “Perhaps not yet, Mr. Brax. That oversight shall soon be corrected, never you mind.”

Jerry shook his head in confusion. The beginnings of understanding sparked his jaw into frantic motion. He scrambled slightly backwards, tripped as he went on a poorly-placed bottle, fell against the couch. His breathing quickened in his agitation.

“Now, wait jest a–”

“I’m afraid I have no time for waiting, Mr. Brax. No time at all, I’m afraid. Goodbye, Mr. Brax.”

There was a swift cry, a muffled bang, a clatter of breaking glass against tile. A short laugh which spiralled into silence.

A man, wearing a dark suit and a red tie, redder perhaps than it had been only five minutes before, walked leisurely from a small, dingy house, leaving the door opened carelessly behind him. He waved to the police officers standing nearby, and with grim faces and stern composure, they drove away without a word. They had been there to witness to spectate a sport and nothing more.A television set had been left running inside that small home. A news anchor elaborated on the unfortunate demise of a young criminal, then moved on to talk about other such trivial things.

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/literature/2017/05/19/trivial/feed/0Anna Grace Brown: An Oboe Wizardhttps://nfhsraiderwire.com/features/2017/05/19/anna-grace-brown-an-oboe-wizard/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/features/2017/05/19/anna-grace-brown-an-oboe-wizard/#respondFri, 19 May 2017 19:07:00 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10347North Forsyth’s halls are sprinkled with incredibly talented actors, singers, mathematicians, musicians and many more. One of these gifted musicians is senior Anna Grace Brown, one of three oboists here at North.

She started playing the oboe in sixth grade at North Forsyth Middle School because she loved the sound of it and liked being unique. From that day on she has been consistently taking lessons, attending symposiums, making oboe reeds and listening to and learning oboe pieces. At first it was a hobby, like how most band kids view their instruments. In her sixth year of playing the oboe, she finally discovered that it was something she wanted to specialize in. The epiphany came when Mr. Seese, the choir teacher, asked her to play ‘Danny Boy’ for his adult choir. “During the performance,” she began, “I got completely enveloped in the music, and it was the first time I really felt like I was making beautiful music. . .It was kind of a music high, I guess, and after that, I knew I couldn’t do anything else with my career but play the oboe.”

Ever since her Junior year, Brown has been taking steps to launch herself closer and closer to being a professional oboist. She involves herself in many groups such as the NFHS wind ensemble, Forsyth Philharmonic, a woodwind quintet and the NFHS concert band playing bass clarinet. Recently, Brown auditioned to get into the Valdosta State University music program and was accepted. On audition day, she “showed up, met with the people that would be judging [her] and then played for them.” She played two pieces: Sonata for Oboe and Piano by Poulenc and Ferling Etude no. 11. The judges were beyond pleased with Anna Grace’s performance and accepted her into their program along with their most highly esteemed scholarship, the Jennett Scholarship.

However, it was not always all flowers and rainbows for Brown’s oboe journey. In her words “the oboe is a stupid hard instrument. . .it’s much more difficult than other band instruments.” Playing the oboe also comes with “finicky reeds, delicate key-work, tricky fingerings, extremely flexible intonation and critical tonality,” all things that Brown has struggled with and even still struggles with today. It could be hard and discouraging at times, but it only pushed her to want to become better and prove other people who did not believe in her wrong.Life after school is not exactly clear for Brown. Getting into an orchestra right out of college in unrealistic, so she plans on taking a teaching job until she can land a job in a good orchestra like New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, or Chicago Symphony Orchestra. From then on, she will be living her dream.

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/features/2017/05/19/anna-grace-brown-an-oboe-wizard/feed/0Chasing Mental Healthhttps://nfhsraiderwire.com/opinion/2017/05/19/chasing-mental-health/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/opinion/2017/05/19/chasing-mental-health/#respondFri, 19 May 2017 19:04:15 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10344According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults in the U.S. age 18 and older, or 18% of the population and are the most common mental illness in the United States.

Major Depressive Disorder affects more than 15 million American adults, or about 6.7 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year and is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. for ages 15 to 44.3, says the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

These are just two of the many mental illnesses that one can be diagnosed with, and no person would ever want to have these. Yet, for some reason many people still believe that these are not real and legitimate illnesses which only makes the problems worse.

Mental illness is a roadblock to good mental health, but the right mindset can counteract the effects of mental illness on mental health. You can never recover completely from most mental illnesses, but that doesn’t mean their effects cannot be significantly lessened.

So what can be done? How can those with mental illnesses get help?

Seek out therapy or counseling: If you cannot afford a therapist, make an appointment with a school counselor. Many believe that this will not help, but even just taking the step to make the appointment will put you on track to become mentally healthy.

Get medication: This is not for everyone, you must decide on your own or with your family if medication is what is best for you, but medication will help with chemical imbalances in the brain.

Accept yourself: This is obvious but crucial and often overlooked. Accepting yourself takes time, but it is the most important part of mental health.

Help others: Helping others will help you. Everyone knows this, but, like accepting yourself, no matter how many times people tell you to, you still do not do it.

With mental illnesses on the rise, we must do something to help ourselves and others stay mentally healthy.

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/opinion/2017/05/19/chasing-mental-health/feed/0Lady Raider Opinions of Women’s Lacrossehttps://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/05/19/lady-raider-opinions-of-womens-lacrosse/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/05/19/lady-raider-opinions-of-womens-lacrosse/#respondFri, 19 May 2017 19:01:31 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10341If you have ever watched men’s lacrosse and then watched a women’s game, it is safe to assume that the male version of this sport is a lot more of a contact sport than that of women’s. It requires a lot more equipment and gear than women’s lacrosse does, but does that mean that it is necessarily harder? The Raider Wire interviewed four different varsity and junior varsity lady lacrosse players to find out their opinions on the sport that they enjoy most. The questions are asked to the following players as follows:

Many people believe that a lot of the rules surrounding women’s lacrosse makes the sport a “watered-down” version of men’s lacrosse. Do you agree with this opinion? Why or why not?

Senior Kailey Posea, Defense:

“I do agree that women’s lacrosse is somewhat watered down… I think that the rule makers believe we aren’t tough enough to actually make women’s lacrosse a contact sport.Women’s lacrosse is very light on contact where as men’s is not. Sometimes us girls feel like we can’t even breathe without getting called for something aggressive.”

Senior Hailey Yarbrough, Middie and Defense:

“I agree because they treat girls much softer than boys even though we can do the same things, which is shown in the high injury rate on our team. This is due to the lack of protective equipment that the women’s lacrosse rules require.”

Junior Julie Chesne, Middie:

“ I guess you could say that I agree the women’s version is kind of watered down. We have a lot less equipment to wear because the women’s version is less of a contact sport. They have to wear a lot more stuff because they are allowed to make different moves that we are not allowed to make.”

Junior Alexis Anderson, Attack and Defense:

“No, I don’t believe lacrosse is watered down for women in any shape or form; however, I do agree the game is different. They are two different games. The fact that we don’t wear helmets pads or any large equipment is what makes us very different from men’s lacrosse. We can’t have any hitting or a lot of physical contact with one another.”

What are the components of women’s lacrosse that make it so much more different than men’s?

Senior Kailey Posea, Defense:

“We aren’t allowed to run on the inside our defensive side of the crease/goal circle like boys are. Also, every time there is a foul of some sort, the whistle blows and the play stops, whereas in men’s lacrosse the play continues.Since women’s lacrosse lacks contact, we don’t have to wear pads like the boys do… just a mouth guard and goggles.”

Senior Hailey Yarbrough, Middie and Defense:

“ in women’s lacrosse, we are not allowed to stick check, so it make it less of a contact sport than that of mens. In some ways, this rule makes the game easier, but in others it make you more prone to getting hurt due to the lack of equipment that we have to wear compared to the boys’ version of lacrosse.”

Junior Julie Chesna, Middie:

“In women’s lacrosse, we cannot make as much contact. We can check in certain places and guide, but we can’t hit or push our opponents.”

Junior Alexis Anderson, Attack and Defense:

“The running at practice can differ depending on the day, and what we are doing. If we are scrimmaging then it can be anywhere from a Mile or Two. If it’s sprints, it may be more of a short distance day just to speed up our agility.”

How many miles do would you say that you run everyday at practice? How would you compare that to the amount that the boys have to run?

Senior Kailey Posea, Defense:

“I think that since the game of boy’s lacrosse is mostly constant that they probably run on average 2-3 miles and girls only run 1-2.”

Senior Hailey Yarbrough, Middie and Defense:

“There is a lot of running required in the game, and we typically run about 1-2 miles a day, depending on what position that you play.”

Junior Julie Chesna, Middie:

“Depending on what we are doing during that particular practice, I probably run about 3-4 miles. We run before practice, and then we sprint afterward. I would probably say that the boy’s practices are much more harsh than ours . I know personally that the coach is harder on the boys.

Our practice is every weekday except gameday and typically 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm. I think that practice everyday is important because we have games in between them, and we need to prepare for those games to beat our opponents.”

Junior Alexis Anderson, Attack and Defense

“The running at practice can differ depending on the day, and what we are doing. If we are scrimmaging then it can be anywhere from a Mile or Two. If it’s sprints, it may be more of a short distance day just to speed up our agility.”

How often are you required to practice? Do you consider this to be a reasonable amount? Why or why not?

Senior Kailey Posea, Defense:

“Not including weekends, we practice every day that we don’t have a game. It’s very rare that our coach cancels practice. Sometimes I think this is too little just because lacrosse is the type of sport to constantly practice to see progress, but at times, it’s hard to balance school work, a social life and a sport during the second semester of the school year.”

Senior Hailey Yarbrough, Middie and Defense:

We have practice every weekday, except on days that we have games. In my opinion, lacrosse is one of those sports where practice will always make you better. There are some people who could never practice and do just fine during games, but there are also others who could practice constantly and still not be an adequate teammate. It all depends on the player’s worth ethic and dedication.

Junior Alexis Anderson, Attack and Defense:

“Coach Kienle requires us to do five days of mandatory practice at Coal Mountain Park, but I prefer also to do practice on the weekend because it’s always good to keep your stick in your hand and keep your skills up. I don’t think this is too much at all because you want to be the best you can be for your team. The better you do and the more you practice, the more successful your team will be.”

Are there many (if any) rules and/or regulations that women’s lacrosse abides by that men’s does not follow? If so, what are they and do you agree/support them?

Senior Kailey Posea, Defense:

“The number one rule that girls follow, which is constantly brought up, is the level of contact. Checking a certain way or extending your arms too far is an automatic foul.”

Senior Hailey Yarbrough, Middie and Defense:

“In women’s lacrosse, there is no game play after the whistle is blown, and you have to completely stop all movement. With men’s they can still run around after the whistle is blown. Women are also not allowed to stick check their opponents’ bodies, which basically means hit them with the stick to get the ball or move them, but they can check the other players’ sticks at certain lengths from their bodies. With men’s, they are allowed to stick check in certain areas. Another thing is that women have the same sized sticks, and the men have different sized sticks depending on the positions that they play. Lastly, the equipment that women have to wear is a lot less than men are required to wear which actually causes a lot more injuries.”

Junior Julie Chesna, Middie:

“I believe our rules for girls lacrosse are reasonable, regarding our equipment and the amount that we are allowed to do. I like our rules because if they were not there it would make the game a lot more difficult and dangerous for women to play.”

Junior Alexis Anderson, Attack and Defense:

“The physical contact will be the biggest and most different between boys and girls. Like I said before, that’s the major rule difference between us. Yes, we can defend but it’s hands on the hips, and we can’t extended our arms at all. Because of that, you can’t hit or make that much physical contact. That’s what makes women’s lacrosse so different. It also makes others think that the sport is watered down due to the lack of physical contact, as opposed to the men’s version.

I played boy’s lacrosse before a women’s lacrosse team was made, and at times I wish we had more rules like the guys, but at others I understand why we have the rules that we do. Out of all of the difference between the games, I love women’s lacrosse, and I would never change the game.”

Altogether, each girl has their personal opinions about their version of this growing sport. However, each of them will forever have a love and connection with the game, no matter how much they disagree or agree with its rules. They will all take more than just the concept into their future. They will carry life lessons, friendships and leadership skills into their futures because of the game.

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/05/19/lady-raider-opinions-of-womens-lacrosse/feed/0Anywhere Northhttps://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/05/19/anywhere-north/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/05/19/anywhere-north/#respondFri, 19 May 2017 18:58:29 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10338Your veins have begged you to run since the first beat of your heart.

It’s a call you can’t ignore forever,

but after three hours of driving toward Anywhere North Of This God-Forsaken Place,

trees turn into looming soldiers lining the highways with their guns pointed at heaven,

fingers grazing the trigger,

hesitation setting the interstate ablaze.

All the songs on the stereo are starting to sound the same and it’s suffocating you,

so before your eyelids can’t stay open any longer,

you turn the car around.

You are driving beneath vandalized tunnels and six feet of your own indifference,

writing pages and pages about yourself in the second-person

as if to project that apathy toward an invisible You.

You’re me. I just don’t admit it,

because people get uncomfortable when others acknowledge the fact that

we’re all driving away from something.

I won’t even mention the car with the “APATHY” license plate

that has followed you since you left home.

]]>https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/05/19/anywhere-north/feed/0Lady Raiders Varsity Lacrosse Host Night of Hopehttps://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/05/19/lady-raiders-varsity-lacrosse-host-night-of-hope/
https://nfhsraiderwire.com/showcase/2017/05/19/lady-raiders-varsity-lacrosse-host-night-of-hope/#respondFri, 19 May 2017 18:53:36 +0000https://nfhsraiderwire.com/?p=10334The Lady Raiders just hosted the biggest game of their season, winning the game with a tight score of 9-8 against the Forsyth Central Lady Bulldogs, and they called it the Night of Hope. The rivalry between the two schools caused a lot of tension within the game. “There was a lot of tension due to both schools’ ongoing rivalry with each other. We have never lost against Forsyth Central, and at half-time we were losing 6-5, so the game was really intense,” said senior Hailey Yarbrough, attack player.

Both junior Grace Hanks and senior Annie Dale, goalkeepers, were reported to have a 75% saving score. One of the highlights of the game was when junior Darion Eagen, midfielder, ran in on a penalty shot and scored the winning goal. Overall, the game was a success for the Lady Raiders varsity lacrosse team.